Increasing Usage of Hybrid Seeds in Agriculture and Significant Impact on the Seed Market Outlook: Ken Research

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Seed industry is playing significant role in the agriculture sector and development in the technology lead to growth whereas usage of hybrid seed in the agriculture result the significant growth to the market of seed. For doing effective agriculture the seed industry is doing several developments in the technology and performing several tests and research for producing the efficient and fruitful seed.  Indoor farms grow highest rate in hybrid seed market as indoor farming offers ability to produce more with utilization of less resources. According to the report analysis, ‘Market Research Reports for Seed’ suggests that Indian seed market witnessed a major reestablishment as a result of the introduction of some progressive policies by the government and other major key players for making the market more fruitful and profitable for both the consumer and investors. Moreover, in a research it is observed that India has emerged as the fifth largest seed market across the globe with the quality assurance of hybrid seed and product development. 

The production of hybrid seeds is done by the farmers for producing the similar plants and these seeds are produced by cross-pollinated plants whereas, the production of hybrid seed is predominant in modern agriculture and home gardening. In respect, the hybrids are chosen to enhance the characteristics of the resulting plants such as improved color, better yield, disease resistance, greater uniformity and others. In the history of hybrid seeds, it is experimental in US agriculture stations in the 1920, and by the 1930s farmers had widely adopted the first hybrid maize. Additionally, India can produce a whopping 25 million tons of additional rise a year by using hybrid seed in a wide way as per the estimates of the seed industry experts. India is the first country to introduce hybrid cotton seed for commercial cultivation. According to the report analysis, ‘Seed Industry Research and Market Reports’ states that  hybrid seeds are intensively prevailing both in commercial agriculture as well as in horticulture and hence widely regarded as having played a significant role in augmenting the agriculture output. Moreover, the governments at the central as well as the state level have taken various initiatives to boost the production of vegetables crops. Furthermore, treated hybrid seeds assist to increase the productivity and provide benefits to farmers in terms of cost. Therefore, the market of seed industry is growing with the applications of hybrid seed in the agriculture more significantly.

In India the public sector has played a significant role in developing and propagating the use of hybrid seed. Moreover, the first cotton hybrid H4 was established in 1970 by the government Cotton Research Station which is situated at Surat in the state of Gujarat. In Gujarat this is very much popular among the farmers and by the time in the states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and others become most prominent and efficient in the market of seed. Golden Rice, Cotton, Hybrid Castor, Sorghum hybrid for Rabi, Hybrid Watermelons and others are the successful and popular Hybrid seeds in the industry of seeds and playing major role in the growth of the seed industry. Therefore, it is expected that the market of seed industry will grow more significantly in the coming years with the more research and development in the production of hybrid seeds.

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Dynamic Landscape Of Genetically Modified Crops Technology In The Seed Market Outlook : Ken Research

Demand of seed in agriculture is increasing rapidly with the more development in this industry and everyone knows about the importance of seed in the agriculture sector. In addition, seeds are also sowing to produce the rest of the plants we eat. The significant development in the technology of the seed industry is turned up the sector of seed more enormously. According to the report analysis, ‘Market Research Reports For Seed’ states that the genetically modified crops are significantly used in the agriculture with the aim is to introduce a new trait to the plant which does not occur naturally in the species.  Farmers have widely adopted GM technology and it is fastest adopted crop technology across the globe. Moreover, the adoption GM technology results in the reduction the usage of pesticide which is very much ecologically beneficially whereas; with the overuse of this technology the benefits may be reduced. Hence, the effective usage of GM technology leads to market growth more significantly.

The seed industry is developing with the more innovations and development in the technology, maintained with high quality through continuous advancements in seed research and for increasing the efficiency of the seed, government of the respective economy is doing so many projects and making relative policies which make the seed industry more attractive and profit making. Whereas development in the efficiency of seed is the development of quality of food as if a grace of seed is not cared of managed regularly with better environment of quality, it will lose its ability to sprout and lead in vacant fields. The GM technology reduce all the issues related to the quality of the seed and with this technology the seed will sprout with the effective quality and lead the higher profit in the developing countries than the developed countries. Moreover, the yield gains and pesticide reductions are larger for insect-resistance crops than for herbicide-tolerant crops. The GM food’s economic value to farmers is one of its major benefits, including in developing nations. According to the report analysis, ‘Seed Industry Research And Market Reports’ states that the more development in the technology of GM will lead the more sustainable growth in the agriculture, by employing fewer land, water, and nutrients resources. In a research it is observed that much of GM crop grown each year is used for livestock feed and increased demand for meat leads to increased demand for GM feed crops. With the wide applications of GM technology the market will grow more significantly in the forecasted period and increased in the potential of product choice and competition.

In the developed and developing countries the market of seed industry is expected to grow with the more development in the GM technology. In the Asia Pacific region, the wide usage of GM technology is leading the significant growth in the coming years and in the Europe and North America is dominating the huge share in the market of seed whereas North America seed industry dominated the global seed market, with a share of around 35%. Moreover, the Asia-Pacific region is expected to be the fastest growing market with double digit positive CAGR in the forecasted period. Monsanto, Bayer Crop Science, Dupont, GroupeLimagrain and others are the major key player of the global seed industry which make the market more competitive and welcoming the new investors who are supporting the market financially. Therefore, it is expected in the coming years the GM technology in the seed industry will grow significantly over the decades with the more innovations in the technology.

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Growing Landscape Of The Priming Seeds In Developed Countries Market Outlook : Ken Research

Seed is playing significant role in the agriculture as seeds make up over 70% of the food that people consume directly. According to the report analysis, ‘Seed Industry Research Report’ suggests that seed technology is mainly aim to improve the quality of the seeds that farmer plant. Moreover, seeds are also planted to produce the rest of the plant foods we eat. Agriculture and food seed is developing with the more development in the technology, processed and maintained with high quality through continuous advancement in seed science whereas some of the major steps which are taken by the scientists to assure a safe supply of seed such as Testing, Drying, Cleaning, Storing, Packaging, Sorting, and others. Security of seed is the security of food as if a supple of seed is not cared regularly and not maintained with high quality, it will lose its ability to sprout and resulting in empty fields.

Seed Priming is one of the methods of improving seed performance by developing the seed with determined moisture for a predetermined temperature and time. Within the vast seed industry, the broad adaption of priming was led by the protected culture flower and vegetable seed industry. Generally, priming reduces the time to germination and may improve the seed’s ability to germinate under temperature or moisture stress whereas, the priming does not usually develop the viability of poor quality seeds. Priming brings tremendous value to the grower and has been the main driver for its wide adaption in the protected culture greenhouse industry. According to the report analysis, ‘Seed Business Review’ states that it is expected that priming these slow germinators significantly cuts the germination time down to a few days in many instances and the industry of seed is expected to grow significantly with the more innovations in the perception of primed seed. In addition, priming increases usable transplants allowing greater production against a relatively constant overhead meant greater profit per unit greenhouse area. Therefore, adaption of this is wide in the protected culture greenhouse industry. Many seed companies advertise seeds as “vigorized” instead of calling them primed.

Like other industries, the seed industry is rapidly becoming more developed and highly specialized whereas many companies that sell vegetables seeds and there are numerous companies that actually grow their own seeds and develop new cultivators has been decreasing. In addition in this market several companies do not sell seeds but specialize in coating seeds produced by other companies which result more expansion in this market and result significant growth in the recent trend. Holler Seed Company only produces cucurbit seeds and sold them to those companies who are specializing in retail sales. Whereas, many more companies are in this market which are currently working in this market in an effective manner such as Asgrow vegetable seeds, Petoseed, Royal Sluis and others. Moreover, the market of seed has many of the large vegetable seed companies are multinational which make the market more competitive and ensure the new entrants which market the market more innovative.

In the Asia Pacific region the seed market is expected to grow rapidly and with the more innovations in the Europe. However, it is also expected to acquire huge share in this market. Not only has this, North America and Middle East Africa is dominating the market with more development and while welcoming the new entrants make the market more profitable. Therefore, with the new entrants in this market it is expected that in the coming years the market of seed will grow significantly over the decades.

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The Impact Of The Bayer Monsanto Merger On The Seed And Farming Market

Introduction:  During the period of the First World War, Bayer and Monsanto attempted to work together merging to form MOBAY which produced pesticide and explosive chemicals and sold them to both sides of the war. The company also produced the chief chemical for Agent Orange which was used by the US Military in Vietnam. Bayer later merged with German giants BASF and AGFA to form the first chemical cartel. After World War I, Germany’s entire chemical industry was merged to become I.G. Farben. By the beginning of World War II, I.G. Farben became the largest industrial corporation in Europe, the largest chemical company in the world, and part of the most gigantic and powerful cartel in all history. The organization worked towards monopolizing prices for pesticides and drugs by controlling the price of sale of the chemicals used to manufacture them. The organization was disbanded in 1964 as the US Justice Department issued an antitrust claim against MOBAY and insisted the companies be broken up but they continued to work together in secret.  Fast forwarding to the 2016, the EU approves the USD 66 Billion merger between Bayer AG and Monsanto Chemical and as of April 2018, the merger had been approved by the US administration making Bayer Monsanto, the world’s largest Seed Market Research Reports and Pesticide Company.

Farming Scenario: The United States Farming scenario is extremely volatile and is a high risk towards the stability of the American and therefore, Global system. As seed prices due to the merger are expected to increase 5.5% on average, this could push a large number of farmers over the edge of making a loss on production as a majority of farmers today operate on a margin of less than 10%. The current farming market is highly involved in debt with debt for farming being at USD 256 Billion as of 2017. The majority of high level financial institutions currently demand more collateral from farmers for loans causing farmers to take out larger loans for larger scales of production increasing their risk. The high rate of risk requires a majority of farmers to avail their loans from community banks which finance 43% of all US and over half of community banks have lost their deposits to larger banks presenting a major threat that the industry responsible for feeding the United States population is hanging on a thread due to the requirement for high profitability which is the primary objective for major corporations.

This risk is only further exemplified by the merger between Bayer and Monsanto which could result in the downward spiral of the seed, pesticide and eventually, agricultural market. This impacts the Seed Market skewing data as well.

Implication:  The ability to merge two powerhouses impacting an industry allows for manufacturers to be able to sell at lower cost due to cheaper access to supplementary technology, economies of scale, higher goodwill and a larger distribution network. Although these benefits exist, no major industrial powerhouse uses their resources for these purposes as they are for consumer benefit and more importantly, decrease profitability. The usual consequence of these types of strategic alliances and partnerships results in restricted supply causing a major increase in prices and a more monopolistic position in the market. The merger will make the Bayer-Monsanto conglomerate the largest seed and Pesticide Company in the world, giving it enormous power to control farm practices, putting private profits over the public interest. The expected consequences are:

• A merged Bayer-Monsanto would control over 35 percent of the global market for corn seeds, roughly 28 percent of the global soybean market, almost 70 percent of the global cottonseed market and up to 69 percent of U.S. approved herbicide-tolerant seeds for alfalfa, canola, corn, wheat, soybean and cotton.
• The proposed merger is projected to raise aggregate seed prices by 5.5 percent, but could raise cottonseed prices by more than 20 percent.
• On average, farmers currently using Monsanto brand cottonseed will see their seed prices increase by 19.23 percent.
• On average, farmers currently using Bayer brand cottonseed will see their seed prices increase by 17.41 percent.

Conclusion: While there is no definitive proof to show that the merger is absolutely going to be terrible for the global economy, a significant amount of empirical and historical evidence shows that there must be, at the very least a major amount of caution exercised when it comes to controlling the market responsible for feeding a nation. The consequences are capable of being widespread; meaning adverse results in the US could lead to it affecting market in Europe and Asia as well. Considering the amount of leeway developing economies like Asia and Africa have is significantly lesser than that available to developed economies, there is a need for strict regulation of the market and a major opportunity for provision of low cost alternatives towards the pesticides sold by Bayer and Monsanto in the event of an unexpected increase in prices.

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Improving Economic Trends To Propel Growth In The Vietnamese Seed Industry-Ken Research

The practice of agriculture globally is respected as a magical power that can result in reduction of poverty, rising incomes and improved food security for nearly 80% of the world's poor, especially for those who live in rural areas and work in the farming sector.

Over the years, according to Seed Market Research Reports, Vietnam’s agricultural sector has experienced a persistent and impressive change. The seed industry has been recently observed to shift positively, promoting a planned economy and has begun to emerge via the support of a new governing legislation. The system changes including more liberalization of input and new techniques applied in output marketing have established an institutional transformation and thereby resulted in significant development of this sector, particularly rice production.

Today, current exports average of rice stands somewhere around 6-7 million tons per annum. Vietnam is thus the world’s fifth-largest rice-producing country having local centers and institutes that have bred around 260 inbred rice varieties along with nearly 70 hybrid rice varieties as per the Vietnam Seed Industry Research Report. It has been witnessed that in order to spread seed production in the country; in-country training programs are usually organized that well make the seed growers aware about various methods involved in the evolving seed technology and with time, the number of such trainings has augmented on its own since the significance of this industry is well realized. Generally, such trainings are carried out by different organizations like: the local extensions department, the hybrid rice research center, and ADB/IRRI project. The key players that currently prevail in the Vietnamese seed industry constitute: Vietnam National Seed Joint Stock Company, Southern Seed Company, Bioseed Company Vietnam, Dekalb Vietnam Company Ltd. (Monsanto), Syngenta Vietnam,  and East-West Seed. All these players are putting in their best efforts to function effectively and end up meeting the final goal of holistic economic progress.

However, it has been identified on proper scrutiny of Vietnam Seed Industry Analysis that F1 seed production of rice has relatively dwindled in the recent years majorly due to near about 10% decline in the subsidies from government and increase in the cost of inputs like fertilizer chemicals and labor. Though, with the help of joint ventures of foreign seed production companies, which purchased exclusive rights to produce and sell hybrid rice seeds; the use of input-responsive modern varieties, sufficient fertilizers, along with a rise in the proportion of rice area under irrigation have been encountered that is expected to ameliorate the current situation in the coming years by focusing on producing high yields throughout.

Besides that, it has been investigated that maize has been Vietnam’s second largest annual crop, after rice, in terms of cultivated area and due to its increasing importance, the local maize production has not been enough to suffice the demand in the recent years; resulting in the import of maize at volumes of about 2 million tons every year and consequently, nowadays, hybrid maize has replaced the old OPV cultivars and traditional maize varieties and currently accounts for as high as 89% of the total maize grown in the country.

Even, the production of chilies and peppers have played a crucial role in the seed sector since Vietnam happens to be one of the major producers of chili and pepper, which fall under the top vegetable crops, economically. Furthermore, Vietnam Market Research Reports for Seed depict that with the motive of achieving higher efficiency and effectiveness in seed production market, the top companies are aiming to develop the overall seed production technologies. For instance: companies like Vinaseed and Thai Binh Seed have modern drying, processing and packaging systems, which can control up to 70.5% of seed production technology and these technologies are eventually bound to be triggered by innovation in the long run.

Geographically, Vietnam has been one of the largest importers of seeds in the Asia-Pacific region and nearly 83% of the total seeds are sourced by Vietnam since the country imports billions of dollars worth of products every year. According to Ken Research Seed Market Research Reports Consulting services in accordance with the stable growth rates of the market, the valuation is further envisioned to reach around USD 1.7 billion by 2020 since the demand for merchandise seeds is projected to amplify by twofold, accounting for near about 70 percent of the total plantation area in the next five years. These forecasted trends show that Vietnam possesses a lucrative soil for many multinational agriculture groups like Mosanto (US), CP Group (Thailand), Syngenta (Switzerland), Vilmorin (France), East West (the Netherlands), Bayer CropScience (Germany) and Sakata (Japan) to cultivate. Therefore, the industry is all set to open up great avenues for all the seed producers globally, as the years roll by and simultaneously continue with its expansion.

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The Potential For Wema Maize In Developing Economies-Ken Research

Introduction: While the African hunger crisis is a situation the world has known about for a while, there is still a requirement for significant measures towards improving the food shortage scenario. The cost of the hunger crisis in Africa is adversely affecting the health and the well being, thereby affecting the economy of the continent. The situation itself is in dire need of reform- there are more stunted children in Africa now than 20 years ago. Between 69 to 82 % of the total cases of children under nutrition are not properly treated. Most of the health costs associated with under nutrition occurs before the child turns one. Between 7 to 16 percent of repetitions in school are associated with stunting. Stunted children achieve 0.2 years to 1.2 years less in school education. 8 to 28 percent of all child mortality is associated with under nutrition. Child mortality associated with under nutrition has reduced national workforces by 1 percent.  40 to 67 % of working-age populations suffered from stunting as children. The United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that 1.4 million children are at imminent risk of death in just four countries: Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen. All four are in the midst of civil wars or insurgencies. The current scenario in Asia is also in dire need of reform - 70% of all malnourished children in the world live in Asia. Around 512 million adults and children in Asia consume too few calories, which accounts for over 12% of the total population of Asia. India and Bangladesh have the highest rates (16%) of malnutrition and the most numbers of the hungry in Asia. In Asia, 17% of females and 13% of males are underweight on average (BMI<18.5). These consequences of hunger must be addressed in a cost effective way. This is important for the Seed Industry and for the Seed Market.

WEMA: As per Seed Business Review More than 300 million Africans depend on Maize as their main food source – and it is severely affected by frequent drought. Aside from drought, Insects - particularly stem borers - present a challenge to farmers in Sub–Saharan Africa. These insects feed on the surviving maize and reduce the plant’s ability to use limited water and nutrients. Drought tolerance has been recognized as one of the most important targets of crop improvement programs, and biotechnology has been identified as a powerful tool to achieve significant drought tolerance. The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF)  is coordinating a public-private partnership called Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) to develop drought-tolerant and insect-protected maize using conventional breeding, marker-assisted breeding, and biotechnology, with a goal to make these varieties available royalty-free to smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa through African seed companies. The crop is a major innovation towards producing a stable source of food in African countries which usually have weather unfavorable to grow crops. Scientists have observed unexpected benefits in Mozambique’s WEMA field trials upon testing- Though the maize varieties were genetically engineered to withstand drought and the vicious stem borer pest, they’re also showing promising resistance to the destructive fall armyworm pest,which is another major cause for damage to crops in Africa. In Mozambique alone, between 282,000 and 712,000 tonnes of maize were lost to the fall armyworm last year, costing the country’s economy between USD 83.8 and USD 208.7 million. The damage from stem borers is a major causal factor towards adopting WEMA as the insect damage reduces the yield by up to 40%. The WEMA varieties have been developed through collaboration between the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and government research institutions in six African nations using gene technology donated by Monsanto. Since the resulting seeds market is royalty-free, local seed companies can make them available to smallholder farmers at affordable prices. Early results from Mozambique indicate the genetically modified WEMA seeds can offer significant protection against insect pests — without the use of pesticides. This has positive implications for the other nations that are developing WEMA varieties, including Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa and Ethiopia.

Scope: The introduction of WEMA presents a major opportunity to curb with hunger crisis existing in African countries and also presents an opportunity for large scale growth of crops that are more tolerant and capable of growing in a harsher climate. Countries like Mexico where inadequate weather for Maize production causes a lack in quantity produced forcing the country to import Maize can utilize these seeds to bolster the production of Maize domestically reducing reliance on other countries and improving the welfare for the domestic population. Further application once WEMA is made mainstream could lead to it being implemented in other developing markets in European and majorly in Asia Pacific regions.

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